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#1

GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Senior football cha...

Last post by yellowcard - Today at 11:38:54 AM

I dont think Mickey Harte will be too upset that Derry are out of the Ulster. They have the medals from the last 2 years in their pockets. Its all about SAM for them now. They get a nice 4 week break to get themselves ready. I would not be writing them off at all.

From a Derry perspective I don't think its a massive deal to give up an Ulster title if it means that they can regroup and prepare for a tilt at Sam Maguire. But Mickey Harte will definitely be disappointed on a personal level, after all he is there not for any great love of Derry but for personal achievement, the financial package and his legacy. They will be the team that every provincial winner will want to avoid in the group stages.

As for the Glass debate, watching the match on the TV doesn't actually do him justice in terms of performance. His positional play is second to none and he does a lot of off the ball work that is not the most glamorous to watch but is highly effective for his team. Plus he can play football when needed to as well. He is definitely not a moments player as someone suggested earlier, in fact anything but.     

[phone queue system]

#2

General discussion / Re: GP's & Hospitals - What is...

Last post by lurganblue - Today at 11:33:21 AM

Firstly it would be valuable to put a phone queue system in place to say you have reached such and such surgery you are now 15 in the queue, it would help a lot of folk especially older folk and give you some semblance of getting somewhere instead of redialling 100 times only to be told there is no appointment.  I would save some appointments each morning for very vulnerable people who ring in after the 8.30 deadline so they can be seen the next morning, it would be great if a doctor rang back instead of a receptionist to say go to A&E instead they are so protected it's impossible to get speaking to them.

Alot of surgeries have this already, but it depends on the number of phone lines coming in to the building. Digital lines are able to cover as many as you want pretty much and will be the norm in 5 years or so.

It also doesn't improve your chances of getting an appointment. There will still be the same amount of people dealt with in a day.

Mine has this. But it can only hold 6/7 people in the queue. Therefore when the queue is filled, you get an engaged tone.  200+ calls to hopefully get onto the queue. Half hour wait from there. Nothing worse than being the next one up and it disconnects.

#3

General discussion / Re: Premier League 2023-2024

Last post by lurganblue - Today at 11:29:39 AM

I dont mind Ally.

I hate when sky have either Neville or Carragher on co comms for their respective teams.

Lee Dixon remains the worst.

[Says the man that makes up illnesses to get seen and wonders why the system is broken]

#4

General discussion / Re: GP's & Hospitals - What is...

Last post by Milltown Row2 - Today at 11:26:42 AM

A man who openly abuses a broken system to skip the queue tries to be a smart arse, you couldn't make it up.

Says the man that makes up illnesses to get seen and wonders why the system is broken, also thinks the doctors sit about all day doing nowt.

Your a very angry lad. You'll end up with stress

I changed symptoms didn't mention chest pain, unfortunately don't gym with my surgery's receptionist so couldn't skip the queue with a quick text and block some other poor unfortunate out.

You're a liar, and not a very good one

"I had similar issue about a year later and made up symptoms to see a GP as if I had of mentioned chest pain they wouldn't have seen me, how ridiculous is that"

Then went on to say
"My issue included chest pain which was present for over 6 weeks, this I explained to the receptionist who rang me  back and said go to A&E"

So did you mention chest pain or not?

#5

GAA Discussion / Re: New Jerseys?

Last post by gallsman - Today at 11:20:25 AM

Trying to find a thread to put this in and figured this might be the best. If anyone has a better suggestion, by all means let me know.

Anyone ever had any real issues with O'Neill's customer service? I've just taken delivery of a significant enough order of club gear for the family. Embroidery, some personalisation etc but the state of it is appalling. There's an absolute mountain of backing material from the embroidery left on it currently and when I first got on to them they told me they wouldn't refund it as the garment itself was fine and suggested I cut the backing material myself, while acknowledging that this should have been done in house. They subsequently suggested that it was merely an "aesthetic issue". The sheer quantity of the material left on it is an irritant.

Pushing them for a refund but they're refusing to budge. They say the garments are not defective and because they're personalised, can't offer a refund. They have offered to do the repair work themselves if I can return it to them. They of course can't organise collection because I'm outside the UK and Ireland, but that they'll reimburse me.

I'm being a moany p***k, but there's absolutely no way they'd let items like this be sold off the rack in store, so I'm not certain why it's any different for an online purchase. It's not one or two items either. It's anything with embroidery in a total order of several hundred euro. Thoughts? Am I being too pushy, or f**k it, considering what I've shelled out should I go all the way with it?

Not necessarily an update on this but somewhat adjacent. Club put in a big order for them recently. Jerseys, shorts and a rake of their new reversible bibs. Jerseys had the wrong crest on them. Bibs that arrived, despite being ordered in "Adult" size, were sized "Juvenile 14-15".

Their quality/quality control at the minute is a complete and utter shambles.

#6

General discussion / Re: GP's & Hospitals - What is...

Last post by RedHand88 - Today at 11:19:17 AM

Wait till he has to pay for water

We all pay for water in our rates.

No you don't. This is a popular misconception.

#7

General discussion / Re: GP's & Hospitals - What is...

Last post by Tones - Today at 11:18:52 AM

But it would give you a semblance of getting through, ringing 100 times and just getting and engaged tone is soul destroying, then you get a voice mail telling you you will be put through to the next available receptionist and then you get cut off.

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#8

General discussion / Re: GP's & Hospitals - What is...

Last post by RedHand88 - Today at 11:16:35 AM

Firstly it would be valuable to put a phone queue system in place to say you have reached such and such surgery you are now 15 in the queue, it would help a lot of folk especially older folk and give you some semblance of getting somewhere instead of redialling 100 times only to be told there is no appointment.  I would save some appointments each morning for very vulnerable people who ring in after the 8.30 deadline so they can be seen the next morning, it would be great if a doctor rang back instead of a receptionist to say go to A&E instead they are so protected it's impossible to get speaking to them.

Alot of surgeries have this already, but it depends on the number of phone lines coming in to the building. Digital lines are able to cover as many as you want pretty much and will be the norm in 5 years or so.

It also doesn't improve your chances of getting an appointment. There will still be the same amount of people dealt with in a day.

#9

General discussion / Re: GP's & Hospitals - What is...

Last post by Tones - Today at 11:13:51 AM

Wait till he has to pay for water

We all pay for water in our rates.

[Says the man that makes up illnesses to get seen and wonders why the system is broken]

#10

General discussion / Re: GP's & Hospitals - What is...

Last post by Tones - Today at 11:13:21 AM

A man who openly abuses a broken system to skip the queue tries to be a smart arse, you couldn't make it up.

Says the man that makes up illnesses to get seen and wonders why the system is broken, also thinks the doctors sit about all day doing nowt.

Your a very angry lad. You'll end up with stress

I changed symptoms didn't mention chest pain, unfortunately don't gym with my surgery's receptionist so couldn't skip the queue with a quick text and block some other poor unfortunate out.